Lubricating or oiling device.



T. B. SARSFIELD. V LUBRIGATING 0R ()ILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1912.

Patented June 18,1912.

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TIMOTHY BERNARD sAIEtsFIELD OF PENNS STATION, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0FONE-HALF TO WILLIAM C. KENT, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

LUBRICATING OR OILING DEVICE.

bles, although the device can be used for any purposes wherein it isfound applicable, and the object thereof is to provide a device of suchclass, with means in a manner as hereinafter set forth, whereby thecable can be conveniently lubricated or oiled.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of such classwhich is simple in its construction and arrangement,

strong, durable, conveniently operated, convenient in its use, readilyset up in operative position with respect to the cable and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically de-' scribed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, whereln 1s shown an embodimentof the lnvention,but 1t is to be understood that changes, variations, and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended.

erence is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters ofreference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, inwhich- Figure 1 is a top plan view of an oiling device in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in longitudinalsection and with the operating lever broken away. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of the device. Fig. 4 is a sec tional viewof one of the oil-feeding wheels, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofthe vertically movable oil-supplying means through which the cablepasses to be oiled.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 denotes a housingopen at its lower end and including a pair of end walls Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1912.

Patented June 18, 1912. Serial No. 681,985.

each of which is provided with an opening 2 for the passage of the cable3, the latter extends through said housing 1 as clearly illustrated.Arranged within the housing 1 is a vertically movable oil receptacle 4,car rying at its upper end an oil-supply member, through which, when thereceptacle 4 is elevated, the cable 3 is adapted to pass and be oiled.

The oil supply member includes a pair of end pieces 5 which are fixedupon the top edge of the end walls of the oil receptacle 4, and itfurther includes a longitudinally extending trough 6 which is connectedto said end pieces 5 and which is formed centrally with an opening 7 fora purpose to be presently referred to. The end pieces 5 are formed withnotches 8 which register with the trough 6 and through which extends thecable 3 when the receptacle 4 is elevated. The trough 6 centrallythereof has each side formed with an offset 9, the offsets 9 areprovided with oppositely disposed oil conducting grooves 10 whichconstitute means for conducting the oil to the trough. The offsets 9constitute deflectors for causing the oil to travel toward the grooves10. Each end of the trough 6 has a vertically disposed outlet 11 wherebythe surplus oil is conducted back into the receptacle 4. Rotatablymounted in the bearings 1.1, connected to the top of the said walls ofthe receptacle 4, is a shaft 12 carrying at a point between each side ofthe trough and the end wall of the receptacle 4 an oil-feeding wheel 13provided with pockets 14. The In describing the invention in detail,ref-

wheels 13 extend down into the body of a well carried by the receptacle4, and the pockets 14 of one wheel are oppositely disposed with respectto the pockets 14 of the other wheel, and by such an arrangement, onewheel will elevate the oil when the shaft is rotated in one directionand when the shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, the other wheelwill elevate the oil. Each of the pockets 14 is formed with an outlet 15which opens on the inner side of each of the wheels and when the oil iselevated by the wheel it is discharged in the pockets through theopenings 15 and upon an offset 9 and conducted by a groove 10 into thetrough 6. Mounted upon the shaft 12 centrally thereof and extending upthrough the opening 7 into the trough 6 is a pulley 16,

which, when the receptacle 4 is elevated, en-

gages with the traveling cable 3, causing by such an engagement arotation of the shaft 12 and the feeding of the oil by a wheel 13 to thetrough, so that as the cable 3 passes through the trough 6, it will beoiled.

The receptacle 4; is elevated through the medium of a pair of cams 17mounted upon the rock shafts 18 journaled in the lower end of the sidewalls of the housing 1. The shafts 18 project from one side of thehousing 1 and each is provided with a crank 19.

The reference character 20 denotes a conducting bar which couples thecranks 19 together and which is also attached, as at 20*, to anoperating lever 21 pivoted, as at 22, to the housing 1. When the lever21 is shifted outwardly, the shafts 18 are rocked bringing the cam 17into engagement with the bottom of the receptacle 4:, thereby elevatingthe latter so that the trough will be placed in such position withrespect to the cable 3 that as the latter travels to the trough, it willbe oiled, due to the fact that the oil is supplied to the trough by oneof the wheels 13. hen the lever 21 is shifted in the opposite directionthe receptacle 4 lowers by gravity.

What I claim is:

1. An oiling device comprising a vertically movable oil receptacle, anoil containing trough carried by said receptacle and movable to aposition with respect to a traveling cable for oiling the latter duringthe travel thereof, and means carried by said receptacle and capable ofbeing operated by the traveling cable for feeding oil from thereceptacle to said trough.

2. An oiling device comprising a vertically movable oil receptacle, anoil containing trough carried by said receptacle and movable to aposit-ion with respect to a traveling cable for oiling the latter duringthe travel thereof, means carried by said receptacle and capable ofbeing operated by the traveling cable for feeding oil from thereceptacle to said trough, and a cam and lever mechanism for elevatingsaid receptacle and further constituting a supporting means therefor.

3. An oiling device for traveling cables comprising a vertically movableoil receptacle, an oil-containing trough carried thereby and capable ofbeing positioned when the receptacle is elevated in such relation to thetraveling cable as to oil the same during the travel thereof, arevoluble shaft mounted upon said oil receptacle and provided with meanscapable of engaging with the traveling cable causing a rotation of theshaft, and an oil-feeding meanscarried and operated by the shaft andcapableof supplying oil from the receptacle to the trough.

4. An oiling device for traveling cables comprising a vertically movableoil recepta cle, an oil-containing trough carried thereby and capable ofbeing positioned when the receptacle is elevated in such relation to thetraveling cable as to oil the same during the travel thereof, arevoluble shaft mounted upon said oil receptacle and provided with meanscapable of engaging with-the traveling cable causing a rotation of theshaft, and an oil-feeding means carried and operated by the shaft andcapable of supplying oil from the receptacle to the trough, said troughprovided with oil conducting means and further having means fordischarging the surplus oil back into the receptacle.

5. An oiling device for traveling cables comprising a vertically movableoil receptacle, an oil-containing trough carried thereby and capable ofbeing positioned when the receptacle is elevated in such relation to thetraveling cable as to oil the same during the travel thereof, arevoluble shaft mounted upon said oil receptacle and provided with meanscapable of engaging with the traveling cable causing a rotation of theshaft, and an oil-feeding means carried and operated by the shaft andcapable of supplying oil from the receptacle to the trough, and a camand lever mechanism for elevating said receptacle and furtherconstituting a supporting means therefor.

6. An oiling device for traveling cables comprising a vertically movableoil receptacle, an oil-containing trough carried thereby and capable ofbeing positioned when the receptacle is elevated in such relation to thetraveling-cable as to oil the same during the travel thereof, arevoluble shaft mounted upon said oil receptacle and provided with meanscapable of engaging with the traveling cable causing a rotation of theshaft, and an oil-feeding means carried and operated by the shaft andcapable of supplying oil from the receptacle to the trough, said troughprovided with oil conduct-ing means and further having means fordischarging the surplus oil back into the receptacle, and a cam andlever mechanism for elevating said receptacle and further constituting asupporting means therefor.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

TIMOTHY BERNARD SARSFIELD.

Witnesses:

BEN LARSON, JAMES SARsrIELD.

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